Euronews’ cultural reporter Wolfgang Spindler spoke with the director at the
International Film Festival and Forum on Human Rights in Geneva:“The assassination of Yitzhak Rabin blocked the peace negotiations and as a result we are still stalled today. You know, sometimes cinema is not only show business, its also a reflection about reality and sometimes if we bring back memories it means that we can make the memory help us erode this great hostility that we see now.’‘

Mourning Israelis stood by a memorial in 1995, at the site of Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's assassination. pic.twitter.com/a5ZTjYmnpZ

Despite the title, Gitai’s film does not only deal with the events of Nov. 4, 1995, but also with what happened in the country in the days leading up to it and the investigation following his death: “The film calls on people to respect each other, not to be partizan in their beliefs. That is just unilateral. You know, to reconcile you have to understand the other and this is really what my film ‘The Last Day of Yitzhak Rabin’
Rabin’ is about.”